Thursday, March 21, 2002

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American Indians and Alaska Natives receive substandard health care in
part because the federal government has refused to acknowledge its
responsibility to tribal nations, a report released on Wednesday
concludes....

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Remember when Indianz.Com wrote about Assistant Secretary Neal
McCaleb's failure to offer new land-into-trust regulations despite the
Bush administration having put them on hold more than a year ago?
Well this distinction has earned him a special honor from the General
Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress....

In an editorial, The Farmington Daily-Times says the new 3 percent sales
tax of the Navajo Nation is "long overdue."
The paper says the tax will ensure local governments get money the
need, rather than having the central bureaucracy decide how the funds
are spent....

"While it's true that the American Indian community is diverse in its opinions
and acceptance of the dominant culture's suppression and colonialism, it's
also true that the use of mascots to depict this diversity is an egregious
affront to a significant segment of our community....